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Managing Assets in the Digital Video Archive
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Greater amounts of video and motion imaging are
being produced in, or are being converted to, digital
formats. As this trend continues the need for software
tools that enable the management of larger archives of
material grows as well. ZyGoDigital™ has enhanced
its live and on-demand streaming solution,
ZyGoCasting™, with the delivery of ZyGoOASIS™
(Open Archival Storage Information System) allowing
video assets to be effectively managed within a large
storage environment. It takes a unique approach that
leverages the XML capabilities of ZyGoVideo
PRO:XT™ and embed additional metadata that is
included as a part of the video file and is an MPEG7-
like codec.
ZyGoOASIS™ is a robust video asset management
application that is fully integrated with the
ZyGoCasting™ solution. It extends the solution’s
capability for encoding and streaming multiple video
feeds in real-time to manage video assets that are
being archived simultaneously. The ZyGoOASIS™
solution can also be deployed
without the live streaming
feature where existing
videotapes in a library are
being converted to digital
format to create an
interactive video archive that
is network accessible via an
intranet or the Internet.
It was developed with
interoperability and crossplatform
functionality in mind
to reach a broad spectrum of
end users and end user
devices. The design allows
users the ability to utilize
robust features of the system
whether they are on the local
network or are Internet
connected. The .NET
framework was used for the
initial reference
implementation with an
architecture that provides the
flexibility to deploy on other frameworks as well, e.g. SunOne, J2EE.
The screen capture below shows ZyGoDirector™, a Java application (on
the right), running two sessions controlling two ZyGoCaster video
streaming sessions on a remote computer,and ZyGoOASIS video recording,
also on a remote computer. ZyGoDirector also shows some of the capabilities
available within the Application Program Interface (API) to both ZyGoCaster
and ZyGoOASIS of individual screen snapshots out of multiple video streams, starting
and stopping video clip creation out of multiple video streams, and video
playback via a standalone Java client. Not shown in this screen snapshot,
but available in ZyGoDirector, are general queries on metadata, spotlight
popups of data captured with each still and recorded video, and the ability
to create metadata on demand for each application.
ZyGoOASIS™ Features:
- Digital Video Recording of Live or Pre-Recorded Video
- Frame Accurate Time Code Embedded Directly in
the Video (ZyGoVideo:T2™ Plug-In)
- Metadata Annotation through the OASIS Client
Embedded in XML Format as Part of the Video File
- Create Hierarchy of Video Assets with Full Drill
Down Capability to Clip Level
- Create Shot Lists and Annotate Clips that are
Frame Accurate
- Generate Edit Decision and/or Play Lists of Desired
Content
- Publish Video Assets Directly for Streaming or File
Transfer
- Full Search Capability Over All Metadata in the
Index
- Retrieval and Playback of Selected Segments of Video
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